Etymology

Corbin

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Today it means: An English surname from Anglo-Norman. Full definition →

Latin corvus
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  1. Latin · derived fromcorvus“crow, raven”
  2. English todayCorbin

An Anglo-Norman nickname from corb (“crow”), or shortened from the Corbinian, the name of a Frankish eighth-century saint, probably from Latin corvus (“crow, raven”).

Words from the same roots

Latincorvus all →

corvusCorbyncorbelcorviform

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.